Margaret of Wessex

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Anglo-Saxon royal human princess queen consort saint

Margaret of Wessex was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon princess who became Queen of Scotland and a canonized saint known for her piety, charity, and reform of the Scottish church.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Saxon royal ⓘ human ⓘ princess ⓘ queen consort ⓘ saint ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1045 ⓘ
burialPlace	Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ
canonizationBy	Pope Innocent IV ⓘ
canonizationDate	1250 ⓘ
canonizationStatus	canonized saint ⓘ
child	Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ David I of Scotland ⓘ Edgar, King of Scotland ⓘ Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland) ⓘ surface form: Edith of Scotland Edmund of Scotland ⓘ Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret ⓘ Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld ⓘ Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ surface form: Mary of Scotland
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate	16 November 1093 ⓘ
deathPlace	Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
era	11th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
father	Edward the Exile ⓘ
feastDay	10 June ⓘ 16 November ⓘ
givenName	Margaret ⓘ
knownFor	charity ⓘ influence on Scottish royal court ⓘ piety ⓘ reform of the Scottish church ⓘ
mother	Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Wessex ⓘ
notableWork	reform of church practices in Scotland ⓘ
occupation	queen consort ⓘ
patronage	Scotland ⓘ large families ⓘ the poor ⓘ
positionHeld	Queen consort of Scotland ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence	Scottish royal court ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sibling	Cristina of England ⓘ surface form: Cristina of Wessex Edgar Ætheling ⓘ
spouse	Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
title	St. Margaret of Scotland (associated) ⓘ surface form: Saint Margaret of Scotland
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Margaret of Scotland (associated) → alsoKnownAs → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland

Dunfermline Abbey → burialPlaceOf → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Edward the Exile → child → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Alexander I of Scotland → mother → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Alexander the Fierce → mother → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

subject surface form: Alexander I of Scotland

David I of Scotland → mother → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Edgar, King of Scotland → mother → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Edward the Exile → relative → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Malcolm III of Scotland → spouse → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ

Duncan II of Scotland → stepmother → Margaret of Wessex ⓘ